Event #38: $50,000 High Roller
Day 1 Started
Event #38: $50,000 High Roller
Day 1 Started
Event #38: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em features the highest buy-in to date of the 2021 World Series of Poker and is set to begin at 3 p.m. local time.
Ben Heath won the event back in 2019 for $1.48 million and his first WSOP gold bracelet after besting a 110-entry field and a stacked final table that included Chance Kornuth, Andrew Lichtenberger, Sam Soverel, and Nick Petrangelo. The event is sure to attract a bevy of poker talent wanting to showcase their skills and claim of piece of the substantial prize pool.
Players will begin with 300,000 in chips and blind will start at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. Levels will last 60 minutes and players will get 15-minute breaks at the end of every two levels. Day 1 will end at the end of level 10, at which point the remaining players will bag and tag their chips for Day 2.
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we bring you all the action from this prestigious No-Limit Hold'em event!
Action is now underway!
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Bonomo |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Chris Brewer |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Joe McKeehen |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Ben Heath |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Scott Ball |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Jake Daniels |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Bin Weng |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Stephen Chidwick |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Sam Soverel |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Johan Guilbert |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
David Coleman |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Seth Davies |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Mohammad Arani |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Stephen Chidwick raised to 5,000 from the hijack and Joe Mckeehen three-bet to 12,000 from the button. Chidwick called and the flop came . Chidwick check-folded to a bet of 10,000 as Mckeehen took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe McKeehen |
317,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
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Stephen Chidwick |
288,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
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Heads-up in a three-bet pot on a flop of , Sam Soverel bet 25,000 from the small blind and Bin Weng called on the button.
Both players checked on the turn and Soverel checked again when the completed the board.
Weng took his time before cutting out a bet to 95,000 and sliding it into the middle. Soverel quickly folded and Weng dragged the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bin Weng |
340,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Sam Soverel |
260,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vicent Bosca |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Justin Bonomo | 300,000 | |
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Frank Funaro |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Vanessa Kade | 300,000 | |
Aleksandr Shevlyakov | 300,000 | |
Yiming Li | 300,000 | |
Michael Addamo |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Sam Grafton |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
James Chen |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Dan Smith |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Julien Martini |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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David Peters |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Picking up the action on the flop, Jake Daniels bet 4,000 from early position into a pot of around 20,000. Frank Funaro raised to 14,000 in the cutoff and Sergi Reixach flat-called from the big blind. Daniels re-raised to 63,000 and both Funaro and Reixach called.
The turn brought the and Reixach led out with a bet of 55,000. Daniels and Funaro both called to see the pair the board on the river.
Reixach checked this time and Daniels counted out a bet of 200,000. Funaro called off his last 176,000 and Reixach folded. Daniels showed for a full house but it was no match for the of Funaro who rivered quads.
"Come on. Are you fucking kidding me?" Daniels let out his frustration after the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frank Funaro |
730,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
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Sergi Reixach | 180,000 | |
Jake Daniels |
45,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
David Coleman opened to 5,000 from the hijack and was called by Mo Arani in the cutoff and James Chen in the big blind.
Action checked to Coleman on the flop, who continued for 10,000. Only Chen called.
The turn brought the and Chen check-folded facing a 15,000 bet from Coleman.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Coleman |
360,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Mo Arani |
285,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
James Chen |
280,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
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